Part-time workers see tax credits fall

PART-TIME workers in Cookstown and Magherafelt are among those who are set to lose almost £50 per week in Working Tax Credits as qualifying hours are raised from 16 to 24.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jun 2012, 12:15 BST

A GMB analysis of recipient families in work receiving Child Tax Credits (CTC) and Working Tax Credits in Northern Ireland shows that there were 138,900 families receiving £91.67 per week.

The figures show that 3,100 families in Cookstown receive £5,303 a year and 3,700 families in Magherafelt receive £4,747 per year in top ups.

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Twenty per cent of GMB members working in retail say that they may be better off signing on the unemployment register after the tax credits cha